The Heavy Metal & Rock Thread

This is a discussion on The Heavy Metal & Rock Thread within Shifting gears, part of the Around the Corner category; Originally Posted by ladak.imran
Ah, strapping young lad - the vocalist has another project called the Devin Townsend Band (or ...

Ah, strapping young lad - the vocalist has another project called the Devin Townsend Band (or just plain Devin Townsend), and the music he makes is BRILLIANT!
multiple layered tracks, great vocal phrasing, and overall good tunes.

@ nobetterID
I saw 3inches of blood live in london (they were performing with arch enemy, devil driver and opeth, at Defenders of the Faith)... their stage act was pretty good.
-i was there for opeth. and the sound setup was a tad bit disappointing. afsos.

I find Arch Enemy seriously good. That chick Angela Gossow with her DT growls kicks some serious A55 in the death metal scene itself.

I've been away from the scene for a couple of years. Do you recommend any other metal bands with female vocalists?

There are many metal bands with female lead vocals. The better ones are Otep, Lacuna Coil, Within temptation, Theatre of Tragedy (earlier albums), The Gathering (earlier albums). You may also want to check out "Wicked Wisdom" which is fronted by actress Jada Pinkett Smith aka Mrs. Will Smith. I saw a couple of videos and the music is decent! However none of these are deathgrowlers like Gossow! Gossow is seriously one of a kind!!

If you like old school thrash metal and want female vocals, check out th german band Holy Moses! About the death growl vocals, I am not a huge fan of that style (enjoy it more when it fits the music like with Opeth).

I am more of a late 80s Thrash metal and NWOBHM fan (since that was when I started listening to heavy metal! yeah I'm a dinosaur I guess) although recently I have been branching out more into some of the newer breed of bands (The older ones still kick some serious a$$ though!)